Tariff pause drives Port of Long Beach to record July
A pause in tariffs in recent months lifted the Port of Long Beach in California to its most active July on record and the third-busiest month in its 114-year history. The 90-day
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Navigating the Hawaiian lane: Why standard playbooks don’t work
By Gerald Hofmann, President Integrated Marine Logistics, at Odyssey Logistics Every year, an average of nearly 13 million tons of marine cargo is shipped into Hawaii, while only 1.7 million tons is
Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
The big question in international shipping today has been whether Iran’s responses to the U.S. Operation Midnight Hammer strikes on its nuclear facilities will include closing the Strait of Hormuz — the
Op-Ed: Overcoming shipping’s complexity challenge
By Richard Leahy, technical service manager, Castrol The maritime industry faces extraordinary complexity. Today’s specialized global fleet—from dry and wet cargoes to passenger vessels—is a remarkable achievement of modern engineering that continues
Op-Ed: Alternative lenders will ignite shipping’s growth
By Tobias Backer, executive director, Pelagic Capital The introduction of protectionist policies by the new U.S. administration has reignited uncertainty across the global economy. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook
USTR could ease some Section 301 measures on Chinese maritime dominance
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office (USTR) announcement that it would take sweeping measures under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, began a process that included taking into account public comments
FMC opens investigation into flagging practices
The Federal Maritime Commission is conducting an investigation to examine whether the vessel flagging laws, regulations, or practices of certain foreign governments create unfavorable shipping conditions in the foreign trade of the
BIMCO: Dry bulk supply/demand balance set to weaken
It’s not just container shipping that’s feeling the tariffs pain. BIMCO has released its April 2025 Dry Bulk Shipping Market Overview & Outlook — and the outlook part is not rosy. Tariff
CMB.TECH and Golden Ocean merger will create 250 ship behemoth
CMB.TECH NV [NYSE: CMBT] and Golden Ocean Group Limited [NASDAQ: GOGL] are set to merge, creating one of the largest diversified listed maritime groups in the world with a combined fleet of
Agreement reached on new global minimum wage for seafarers
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has concluded the latest round of minimum wage negotiations for able seafarers at a meeting of the Subcommittee on Wages of Seafarers of ILO’s Joint Maritime Commission